Suggests That Parental Delay in Responding to a Crying Child

question 90

Multiple Choice

suggests that parental delay in responding to a crying child

• A) is related to decreases in the number of crying bouts and may help the child learn to cope independently.
• B) is related to increases the number of crying bouts and may frustrate the child.
• C) has no effect on the amount of crying over time.
• D) is related to decreases in the number of crying bouts only when the child has a difficult temperament.

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Definitions:

Excessive Gratification

The act of satisfying desires or indulging to an excessive degree, often leading to negative consequences or addiction.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian theory that proposes that children pass through a series of stages centered on erogenous zones that influence their adult personality.

Phallic

Relating to or resembling a phallus or penis, often used to describe certain aspects of Freudian psychosexual development during the phallic stage.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood development occurs in a series of fixed psychosexual stages, each characterized by different demands for sexual gratification.